-The Economic Times PUNE: Anand Ostwal, 30-year-old farmer from Satana in Nashik district, who had given last chance to farming after having failed for a decade, is holding on to 500 quintal onions in the hope of buying a car. "If I get a price of Rs 50/kg for the 500 quintal onions, I will get bonus amount of Rs 5 lakh to buy a car. Otherwise, I will have to drop...
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Steep fuel price hike likely as under-recoveries rise -Rajesh Chandramouli
-The Times of India CHENNAI: With the oil ministry looking to announce steps to curb fuel consumption on September 16, industry insiders and analysts expect a steep one-time increase in prices of diesel and domestic LPG. In several key cities, the under recovery in domestic LPG is more than double that of the selling price while in diesel, the gap has increased to Rs 12.12 a litre from Rs 9.03 per litre...
More »Idli emerges bestseller at Amma canteen -Christin Mathew Philip
-The Times of India CHENNAI: The simple yet nutritious idli is the fastest selling item on the menu at the Amma canteens. Since February, 4.6 crore idlis have been sold here. But the taste of success might just be embittered by financial burden on the corporation. Sources said the civic body loses 86 paise per idli, which is sold for 1 in the canteens. So, if the civic body sold 4.6 crore...
More »Land Acquisition Bill gets a green signal from Rajya Sabha
-The Indian Express Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013. The proposed law, which will replace the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 that suffers from various shortcomings, including silence on the issue of resettlement and rehabilitation of those displaced, stipulates mandatory consent of at least 70 per cent of landowners for acquiring land for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects...
More »Bihar all set to check encephalitis-Alok Gupta
-Down to Earth Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study Bihar all set to check encephalitis Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study TIRED of failures by researchers to identify the virus that causes acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), the Bihar government, along with Unicef and the Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRI), has sent...
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